(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
(transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
(transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
acknowledgeable
acknowledgeable
adj
Able to be acknowledged.
Worthy of acknowledgement.
acknowledged
acknowledged
adj
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge
acknowledgedly
acknowledgedly
adv
Confessedly, admittedly.
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledging
acknowledging
adj
(obsolete, specifically) Expressing esteem or gratitude.
That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.
noun
(archaic) The act of acknowledging something.
verb
present participle of acknowledg
present participle of acknowledge
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
aerobraking
aerobraking
noun
(astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.
verb
present participle of aerobrake
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterreckoning
afterworking
akonge
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
alkylogen
anagignoskomena
angekkok
angekkok
noun
Alternative spelling of angekok
angekok
angekok
noun
An Eskimo/Inuit sorcerer or shaman.
angeyok
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiokinesis
angiokinetic
angiokinetic
adj
Relating to angiokinesis or to an angiokine
anglehook
antiketogen
antiketogenesis
antiketogenesis
noun
The inhibition of ketogenesis
antiketogenic
antiketogenic
adj
(biochemistry) That inhibits the formation of ketones during the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates in the liver
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beknotting
bellowsmaking
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
blacktongue
blagoveshchensk
blockaderunning
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bodicemaking
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boilinglike
bolingbroke
bookkeeping
bookkeeping
noun
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
(computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.
verb
present participle of bookkeep
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
booksellings
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
cabinetworking
changepocket
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
cockaigne
cockaigne
Proper noun
A land of plenty, luxury and idleness.
cockering
cockering
verb
present participle of cocker
cocketing
cockneyfying
cockneyfying
verb
present participle of cockneyfy
conemaking
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
crookfingered
deadlocking
deadlocking
verb
present participle of deadlock
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
dogwinkle
doublethinking
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
eikonogen
eikonogen
noun
(chemistry, photography) The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol, C₁₀H₅(OH)(NH₂)SO₃Na, used as a photographic developer.
eikonology
embosking
embosking
verb
present participle of embosk
endokaryogamy
evoking
evoking
verb
present participle of evoke
fingerhook
fingerwork
fingerwork
noun
Alternative spelling of finger work
fliegerabwehrkanone
foenngreek
foenngreek
noun
Archaic form of fenugreek.
folkething
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
geckotian
geckotian
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A gecko.
gekkones
gekkonid
gekkonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Gekkonidae, the largest family of geckos.
gekkonidae
gekkonoid
gengkow
gentlefolk
gentlefolk
noun
(archaic) People of superior social position.
gentlefolks
gentlefolks
noun
Synonym of gentlefolk
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
ghostlikeness
gingerwork
gingkoes
ginkgoaceae
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
ginkgoales
ginkgoes
glenbrook
glockenspiel
glockenspiel
noun
(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
glockenspiels
glockenspiels
noun
plural of glockenspiel
glossokinesthetic
glovemaking
glovemaking
noun
The manufacture of gloves.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
gnomelike
gnomelike
adj
Resembling a gnome.
goalkeeping
goalkeeping
noun
The art of a goalkeeper.
verb
present participle of goalkeep
godforsaken
godforsaken
adj
Abandoned by a deity or god.
Particularly awful; very bad
godlikeness
godlikeness
noun
The quality of being godlike.
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
(nautical) The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches to. When a sailboat performs a tack or a jibe the gooseneck swings the boom from one side of the boat to the other.
(often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
Short for gooseneck barnacle.
goosenecked
goosenecked
adj
Having a gooseneck shape.
gooseskin
gooseskin
noun
A kind of thin soft leather.
The skin of a goose, especially the removable skin of a the goose form of a narnauk who transforms back into a goose by putting the skin back on.